When your sweet car matches your historic house. ❤️⠀
(photo via @brooklynhistory)⠀
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The red house is 152 Henry Street. The four-story Greek Revival structure was built in the 1830s and is a part of the Brooklyn Heights Historic District (NYC's first historic district). In 1891 the building was home to a Helene Lassen. The woman was described (in language of the time which would be considered very inappropriate today) as, “a well proportioned and rather good looking woman of middle age… privileged to place the letters M.D. at the end of her name.." (Thanks @brooklynhistory for uncovering that tidbit.)⠀
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As recently as 2016 the building functioned as an SRO, or single room occupancy, building, a relic of Brooklyn past. Restoration plans approved by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 2016 included restoring the stoop and first-floor entrance, returning the first-floor windows to their original elongated style, and a new gate. The work will result in a private residence for the owner on the lower floors but also five SRO units on the top two floors. ⠀
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As of December 2017 work had yet to commence (visibly from the street).
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📸: John D. Morrell⠀
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via @brooklynhistory⠀
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